Brittany N Krekeler1,2,3, Jiancheng Hou4,5, Veena A Nair5, Vivek Prabhakaran5, Nicole Rusche3, Nicole Rogus-Pulia2,3,6,7, JoAnne Robbins3. 1. Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine. 2. Department of Surgery - Otolaryngology. 3. Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 4. Center for Cross-Straits Cultural Development, Fujian Normal University. 5. Department of Radiology. 6. Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 7. Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, William S Middleton Memorial Veteran's Hospital.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Central nervous system effects of lingual strengthening exercise to treat dysphagia remain largely unknown. This pilot study measured changes in microstructural white matter to capture alterations in neural signal processing following lingual strengthening exercise. METHODS: Diffusion-weighted images were acquired from seven participants with dysphagia of varying etiologies, before and after lingual strengthening exercise (20 reps, 3×/day, 3 days/week, 8 weeks), using a 10-min diffusion sequence (9 b0, 56 directions with b1000) on GE750 3T scanner. Tract-Based Spatial Statistics evaluated voxel-based group differences for fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, radial diffusivity and local diffusion homogeneity (LDH). Paired t-tests evaluated treatment differences on each metric (P < 0.05). RESULTS: After lingual strengthening exercise, lingual pressure generation increased (avg increase = 46.1 hPa; nonsignificant P = 0.52) with these changes in imaging metrics: (1) decrease in fractional anisotropy, forceps minor; (2) increase in mean diffusivity, right inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF); (3) decrease in mean diffusivity, left uncinate fasciculus; (4) decrease in axial diffusivity, both left IFOF and left uncinate fasciculus; (5) increase in LDH, right anterior thalamic radiation and (6) decrease in LDH, temporal portion of right superior longitudinal fasciculus. There was a positive correlation between diffusion tensor imaging metrics and change in lingual pressure generation in left IFOF and the temporal portion of right superior longitudinal fasciculus. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that lingual strengthening exercise can induce changes in white matter structural and functional properties in a small group of patients with dysphagia of heterogeneous etiologies. These procedures should be repeated with a larger group of patients to improve interpretation of overall lingual strengthening exercise effects on cortical structure and function.
OBJECTIVES: Central nervous system effects of lingual strengthening exercise to treat dysphagia remain largely unknown. This pilot study measured changes in microstructural white matter to capture alterations in neural signal processing following lingual strengthening exercise. METHODS: Diffusion-weighted images were acquired from seven participants with dysphagia of varying etiologies, before and after lingual strengthening exercise (20 reps, 3×/day, 3 days/week, 8 weeks), using a 10-min diffusion sequence (9 b0, 56 directions with b1000) on GE750 3T scanner. Tract-Based Spatial Statistics evaluated voxel-based group differences for fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, radial diffusivity and local diffusion homogeneity (LDH). Paired t-tests evaluated treatment differences on each metric (P < 0.05). RESULTS: After lingual strengthening exercise, lingual pressure generation increased (avg increase = 46.1 hPa; nonsignificant P = 0.52) with these changes in imaging metrics: (1) decrease in fractional anisotropy, forceps minor; (2) increase in mean diffusivity, right inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF); (3) decrease in mean diffusivity, left uncinate fasciculus; (4) decrease in axial diffusivity, both left IFOF and left uncinate fasciculus; (5) increase in LDH, right anterior thalamic radiation and (6) decrease in LDH, temporal portion of right superior longitudinal fasciculus. There was a positive correlation between diffusion tensor imaging metrics and change in lingual pressure generation in left IFOF and the temporal portion of right superior longitudinal fasciculus. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that lingual strengthening exercise can induce changes in white matter structural and functional properties in a small group of patients with dysphagia of heterogeneous etiologies. These procedures should be repeated with a larger group of patients to improve interpretation of overall lingual strengthening exercise effects on cortical structure and function.
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